Song Tingting’s expression was dazed.  

A long time passed before she drifted to Huo Ning’s side and spoke slowly, “Before I even entered the industry, I was already a fan of Zheng Yunfan.”  

“Once, I saw that he was selecting an actress for his music video, so I went to audition. After the audition, a staff member called me into a room, saying Zheng Yunfan had something to tell me. I took a sip of the orange juice they gave me and started feeling dizzy. I don’t know what happened after that.”  

“When I woke up again, I was lying in Zheng Yunfan’s bed. Everything that should’ve happened, and shouldn’t have happened… did.”  

[! Beast! He drugged and raped her!]  

[Using the MV casting as a cover to pick his own concubine? Exactly like the rumors said!]  

[Am I the only one wondering why Song Tingting didn’t report it to the police?] 

“Actually, when I first woke up, it wasn’t like I didn’t think about calling the police.”  

At this point, Song Tingting’s voice grew hoarse and choked with sobs.  

She didn’t understand why—even though she had already become a vengeful spirit, recalling the past still made her want to cry.  

“But at that time, he hugged me, kept apologizing, saying that what happened last night was because we couldn’t control our feelings. He promised to take responsibility and swore he would always treat me well. I was only nineteen back then…”  

That morning, a light rain was falling. Zheng Yunfan held Song Tingting’s slender body in his arms, his deep eyes filled with what seemed like overwhelming affection.  

He vowed earnestly, “Tingting, don’t worry. I’m a traditional man—I’ll treat you well for the rest of my life.”  

“From today onward, you’re my girlfriend. In the future, we’ll enter the halls of marriage and have two adorable children.”  

“Will you trust me?”  

Song Tingting had never imagined that the idol she had once admired like the moon in the sky would confess his feelings to her so tenderly.  

This was someone she had liked for years, a senior in the industry she had deeply respected.  

With that face of his, whispering sweet words to her, it was hard not to be moved.  

After that, she and Zheng Yunfan did live as a couple for a while.  

They watched movies together, went shopping, had meals, and he occasionally gave her small gifts.  

But this kind of life lasted less than a month and a half before Zheng Yunfan started giving her the cold shoulder.  

He stopped replying to her messages, and whenever she spoke to him, he grew impatient.  

It was only then that Song Tingting belatedly realized—she had been deceived by Zheng Yunfan.

She mustered the courage to gather evidence and expose his true nature online.

The consequence was that she faced an overwhelming wave of cyberbullying from Zheng Yunfan’s fans.

As Song Tingting spoke up to this point, netizens who had followed the drama and Zheng Yunfan’s fans could no longer hold back, frantically typing on their keyboards in the comment section.

[Seriously, sis, do you think the internet has no memory? Everyone knows you framed Zheng Yunfan just to gain fame!]

[Before you slander Zheng Yunfan, why don’t you clean up your own mess first? Did you really think we haven’t seen those videos of you sleeping with those directors?]

[For those who don’t know, let me explain: this b*tch Song Tingting first slandered Yunfan online, and not long after, videos of her sleeping with directors and producers in the industry leaked!]

[I’m just a bystander, but I followed this drama. Gotta say, she really knew how to move in bed!]

[I still have the HD uncensored videos. I revisit them from time to time. Too bad the male leads were ugly-but hey, that just makes it easier to imagine myself in their place!]

[Hey bro upstairs, mind sharing the videos?]

Huo Ning frowned in disgust. These vile comments were truly nauseating.

“Shut up, all of you! If you don’t know the truth, then stop spouting nonsense. If you spread lies, no one can save you from the karma!”

Song Tingting’s spirit trembled.

She could probably guess what the comments were saying.

They must all be calling her shameless and disgusting.

The tragic part was, she didn’t even know how to defend herself.

Song Tingting crouched down in agony.

Every word she spoke felt like tearing open her wounds all over again.

“Later, I started losing control-I’d inexplicably end up in the rooms of those greasy directors, forced into bed with them, even though I never wanted any of it!”

“I just couldn’t control myself. I could only watch helplessly as I sank deeper and deeper, as those scandals kept spreading online…”

She was fully conscious, yet she could do nothing but watch herself fall into ruin.

Step by step, deeper into the abyss.

The worst part? She even got pregnant.

Song Tingting shut her eyes in anguish.

“The night I found out I was pregnant, I stood alone on the rooftop. At that moment, I really wanted to end it all.”

“But I couldn’t accept it!”

Her eyes burned red, the resentment around her surging violently.

Clenching her fists, she hissed, “I told myself-Zheng Yunfan hasn’t been punished yet. I can’t just die like this. Even if I have to die, I’ll drag him down with me!”

“But… I don’t know what happened. My body stopped obeying me again. I could only watch as I jumped off the rooftop and fell to my death.”

Song Tingting broke down completely.

Even now, she still didn’t understand why all this had happened to her.

Huo Ning sighed and revealed the truth to her.

“A little ghost possessed you.”

Song Tingting froze. “What?”

Huo Ning’s brows were tightly furrowed.  

“Zheng Yunfan kept a xiaogui (a type of spirit). After you exposed him online, he used the xiaogui he raised to possess you, controlling you to do things you didn’t want to do—including forcing you to commit suicide.”

“You were turned into a yinpai (a sinister spirit vessel) because he ordered it. As for the child in your womb, his people turned it into a gumanthong (a type of spirit child).”

[??? WTF! If this is true, that scumbag is downright vicious—he didn’t even let her go after death!]  

[Didn’t you hear Song Tingting say it earlier? She lost her consciousness for a while. I bet if her resentment hadn’t been so strong that she regained her awareness and remembered what happened in life, she’d still be a tool-ghost forever!]  

[Forget about Song Tingting for now—look at the streamer!]  

[Holy shit! Just now, a golden light flashed over the streamer’s body!]  

[I didn’t see any golden light, but I feel like the streamer somehow got prettier. What’s going on?!]  

Huang Xiu and Lin Shuangshuang also noticed that Huo Ning seemed to have become more beautiful in some way, but they couldn’t pinpoint exactly how.  

Huo Ning, meanwhile, lowered her eyes thoughtfully.  

Just moments ago, she had actually accumulated merit.  

Merit was something that would help stabilize her soul, enhance her abilities, and make ghosts and vengeful spirits think twice before approaching her.  

To ordinary people, the effect of merit would simply make her appear more kind and beautiful.  

In her past life, she accumulated merit by slaying demons and exorcising ghosts.  

But earlier, when she killed two ghosts, she hadn’t noticed any increase in merit.  

And right before she gained merit, she hadn’t done anything special—she had merely revealed the truth and cleared Song Tingting’s name.  

So, in this life, perhaps her way of accumulating merit was to uphold justice.  

Or maybe it was about giving closure to those who had died unjustly?  

She wasn’t entirely sure—she’d have to observe further.  

Song Tingting’s spirit trembled.  

Her fear of Huo Ning deepened inexplicably, but she mustered the courage to lift her head and stare straight at Huo Ning.  

Her ghostly aura was thick, her resentment overwhelming. “Master, I want revenge!”  

“I want to kill Zheng Yunfan!”  

“Please help me. I’m begging you.”  

Huo Ning gave a faint hum of acknowledgment. “Fine.”  

She formed a hand seal, and a golden talisman shot into Song Tingting’s form.  

She withdrew her hand. “Go. Now, none of the protective charms Zheng Yunfan wears can harm you.”  

As for the xiaogui by his side—there was no need to worry about it.

That xiaogui was no match for Song Tingting anymore.